The Prizes – ANBC Cooma

Here are the Prizes on offer at the Australian National Busking Championships –  Cooma 2018

Saturday 3 November: ANBC Cooma Regional Busking Championships

Guyy Lilleyman, Open Champion 2013 & 2014

Guyy Lilleyman, Open Champion 2013 & 2014

Open Age Category:

  1. First $1000   Sponsored by Cooma Hotel
  2. Second $500   Sponsored by Alpine Hotel
  3. Third $300   Sponsored by Lions Club of Cooma

Secondary Age Category:

  1. First $500   Sponsored by Snowy Monaro Regional Council
  2. Second $200   Sponsored by The Monaro Post
  3. Third $100   Sponsored by Hip Pocket Cooma

Primary Age Category:

  1. First $300   Sponsored by Fisk & Nagle Real Estate
  2. Second $200   Sponsored by Cooma Monaro Legal Services
  3. Third $100   Sponsored by Mark Kenmir & Co

    Geoffrey Williams, Australian National Busking Champion 2017

    Geoffrey Williams, Australian National Busking Champion 2017

Peoples Choice: Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Cooma

  1. First $1000
  2. Second $600
  3. Thirid $400

Special Awards:

Sunday 4 November: ANBC National Grand Final

Open Age Category:

  1. First $2000   Sponsored by Cooma Hotel
  2. Second $1000   Sponsored by Alpine Hotel
  3. Third $500   Sponsored by Snowy Monaro Regional Council

Secondary Age Category:

  1. First $1000   Sponsored by Snowy Monaro Regional Council
  2. Second $400   Sponsored by The Monaro Post
  3. Third $300   Sponsored by Hip Pocket Cooma

Primary Age Category:

  1. First $500   Sponsored by Fisk & Nagle Real Estate
  2. Second $300   Sponsored by Cooma Monaro Legal Services
  3. Third $200   Sponsored by Mark Kenmir & Co

All performers that don’t win a place in the National Grand Finals will be awarded Runner-Up prizes.

The Total Prize Pool for ANBC Cooma 2018 is $16,400

Entry Form Here: ENTRY FORM_2018 Cooma ANBC Regional Championships Saturday 3 Nov 2018

 

 

Busking Hot Spot for Old Cooma Gaol

Buskers at Cooma set to rock the Jailhouse for annual festival

5b4093a0-f516-4deb-bf12-11a3757347ee_lThe historic Cooma Correctional Centre and prison museum will for the first time become a ‘busking hot spot’ next month when the seventh annual Australian National Busking Championships are held in the Snowy Mountains town.

Hundreds of buskers from across Australia will perform outside the still-operating prison and other busking hot spots throughout Cooma for the two-day festival on 3–4 November.

Cooma Correctional Centre Manager of Security Scott Bramble said they were proud to take part in the important community event.Cooma Gaol Museum

“The annual championship not only brings tourism dollars to the town of Cooma, it brings music to our streets,” Mr Bramble said.

“We’re proud to be part of the Cooma community and we’re looking forward to showcasing to guests the prison’s historic gatehouse and the neighbouring Corrective Services museum, which is a terrific place to visit.”

The museum showcases the history of Corrective Services NSW, with a range of displays and artefacts from convict days to the present. Minimum-security inmates are the tour guides.

Australian National Busking Championships President Allan Spencer said they were excited about using the 19th century prison as a busking location for the first time.

“Using a correctional centre – and the museum – as a backdrop for busking will be a first for Cooma and possibly for Australia,” Mr Spencer said.

“Buskers will be coming to compete from all around the country for a share of over $16,000 in cash prizes, as well as the glory of being crowned Busking Champion.

“There will be a huge variety of performances, with genres such as country, blues, rock, pop, jazz, folk, Indigenous, multicultural and classical music on display.

“There will also be other forms of street performance such as dance, juggling, magic, poetry, and even belly dancers, and a 20-piece bagpipe and drum band.”

 

Australian National Busking Championships

Various locations in Cooma, NSW

3-4 November 2018

Cooma Correctional Centre: 1 Vagg Street, Cooma

More: buskingcooma.com

ANBC media inquiries 02 6452 6067

CSNSW media inquiries 0419 258 290

ENTRY FORM_2018 Cooma ANBC Regional Championships Saturday 3 Nov 2018

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Classical Guitar Award – ANBC Cooma 2018

$500 Classical Guitar Award

Guitars Online & Cooma School of Music had joined forces to offer a brand new prize as part of the Australian National Busking Championships™ – Cooma 2018.

Guitar-FInalThis year’s Classical Guitar Award will be open to all “nylon string” guitar players of all ages, soloists, duos & groups. It will include all instrumentalists in genres which feature nylon string guitars including classical, flamenco, latin, jazz, fusion, folk. popular (to name a few).

This award is in addition to over $12,000 in cash prizes on offer. Award winners may also win more than one prize.

ANBC comes to Gundagai in 2018

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Gundagai NSW will be hosting a Regional Final of Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 27 October 2018.

The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of busking festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian music and street performance culture. Throughout the year, Regional Finals are held in towns all over Australia culminating in the ANBC National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the first weekend of November each year.

Download the Gundagai Entry Form here: ENTRY FORM 2018 Australian National Busking Championships Gundagai PL5

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Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at the ANBC Gundagai Regional Finals. Gundagai is one of the regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia.

Dates for 2018 so far are:

Links to all these Regional Busking Competitions may be found at:  https://www.buskingcooma.com/

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There are generous prizes for 3 age categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as jugglers, magicians, and dancers.

The winners of each of the 3 age categories will qualify for the ANBC National Grand Final in Cooma.

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Accommodation for ANBC Cooma 2018

Here are some great accommodation deals for Cooma Big Weekend of Busking, 3 -4 November 2018.

Camping at the Cooma Showground 

Cooma Showgrounds available for camping

Cooma Showgrounds available for camping

Cooma Showground will be available for camping for the Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd& Sunday 4th November 2018.

 Costs are:

  • $26.50 per night for a powered site
  • $15.50 per night for an unpowered site.

All bookings for this are to be made directly with Donna Smith at donna@visitcooma.com.au

The Swiss Motel is offering budget accommodation

Contact them directly:

  • Address: 34 Massie Street, Cooma NSW 2630
  • Phone: (02) 6452 1950
  • Email: theswissmotel@gmail.com

Swiss Motel

The Sovereign Inn also has a Special Busking Deal

Contact them directly:

  • Address: 35 Sharp Street, Cooma NSW 2630
  • Phone: (02) 6452 13
  • Email: cooma@sovinns.com.au

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ESPAÑA El VITO THE SPIRIT OF SPAIN

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A celebration of Spanish repertoire for the guitar and piano, from classical masterpieces to flamenco styles of Paco De Lucia and Paco Pena and modern jazz.

In a world first collaboration, Internationally acclaimed, award winning concert pianist and â€˜Young Steinway Artist’ Nicholas Young and renowned 10 String Spanish Classical Guitarist Matthew Fagan aka Lord of the Strings! infuse the exhilarating traditional flamenco elements of Spanish Guitar into virtuosic classical piano masterpieces to form stunning new arrangements, celebrating the launch of Fagan’s newest vinyl album â€œEl Vito”.

From the famous folk-inspired ballet music of Manuel De Falla’s “The Three Cornered Hat” to the Spanish dances evoked in Isaac Albeniz’s “Sevilla”, “Asturias” and “Tango”.  Joaquin Rodrigo’s famous “Concierto de Aranjuez” is explored through its origins in “Tarantos” and “Rodena”, combined with stunning orchestral realisation by piano, and Egberto Gismonti’s “Frevo Rasgado”, first brought to fame by guitarists Paco De Lucia and John McLaughlin, will be transformed for concert piano and 10-string guitar, pairing rhythmic drive with colourful sonority.

Cooma Concert is presented by the Snowy Monaro Arts Council

SUN 14 Oct:   St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall (Cooma, N.S.W), 2.00pm (Doors 1.30pm)

https://events.humanitix.com.au/espana-elvito-cooma+BF

Watch snippets from the show here:

ANBC Cooma 2018

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Cooma’s Big Weekend of Busking!

The Australian National Busking Championships in Cooma this year will now be a two-day Busking Festival.

3rd & 4th November 2018.

  • Saturday 3rd November will be the ANBC Cooma Regional Busking Championships
  • Sunday 4th November will be the ANBC National Grand Final

How will this work?

On Saturday…

  • The ANBC Cooma Regional Busking Championships will basically have the same format as in previous years, with busking performances timetabled during the day on Saturday and then the Finals Concert in the afternoon.
  • There will be, once again, generous cash prizes awarded, with three age categories (Open Adult, Secondary and Primary School Age), Best Band, Best School Group, Blues Music Award, Special Judges Awards and of course the hugely popular Peoples Choice Awards.
  • The First Place Getters in each of the age categories in the Cooma Regional Finals on Saturday will be invited back for Sunday to compete in the ANBC National Grand Final.

On Sunday…

  • The ANBC National Grand Final will now have its own day in Cooma.
  • First Place Getters from all the seven 2018 ANBC Regional Championships in Stanthorpe, Ballarat, Narooma, Noosa, Peak Hill, Gundagai, and Cooma will be invited to busk on Sunday morning.
  • Nine competitors, three from each age categories, will then be selected to perform for prizes in the National Grand Final Concert to be held at 1:00 pm.
  • All the competitors that have qualified to busk on Sunday will receive a cash prize.
  • Buskers that have qualified for Sunday are welcome to also busk on Saturday. They can receive cash tips, sell CDs and merchandise, however as they will be guaranteed a share of the prizes on Sunday, they will not be able to win extra prizes on Saturday.

We at ANBC are very excited about this year’s expanded program and we hope that the buskers, their supporters and the general public have a fantastic weekend in beautiful Cooma.

More activities, such as Open Mic Sessions and Concerts are also in the planning stage. We’ll keep you posted.

For more information:

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Australian National Busking Championshipsâ„¢- Peak Hill NSW Regional Finals

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Peak Hill NSW will be hosting the Peak Hill Regional Finals – Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 15 September 2018.

The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of music festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian music culture. Through out the year, Regional Finals are held in towns all over Australia culminating in the National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the first weekend of November each year.

Download Peak Hill Entry Form here: ENTRY FORM PEAK HILL 2018 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BUSKING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Download this additional form for larger groups: GROUP MEMBERS LIST FORM_PEAK HILL 2018

Calling All Buskers:

Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at Peak Hill Regional Finals. Peak Hill is the one regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia. Dates for 2018 so far are:

Links to all these Regional Finals may be found at: https://www.buskingcooma.com/

The Prizes:

There are generous prizes for 3 age categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as: Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as jugglers, magicians and dancers.

The winners of each of the 3 age categories will qualify for the National Grand Final in Cooma.

New Alhambra Classical Guitar with Pickup & Cutaway!

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Alhambra ZCWE

The Alhambra Z natural classical guitar now has a big brother just arrived from Spain!

It’s the Alhambra ZCWE which

Fishman Pickup with Preamp and Chromatic Tuner

Fishman Pickup with Preamp and Chromatic Tuner

is basically, the Z model with an onboard Fishman Pickup & Preamp and a Cut-Away. Big acoustic sound and ready for weddings, parties..anything where more volume is needed.

Recommended retail price $999

AVAILABLE FROM:

COOMA SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
PHONE: 02 6452 6067
FAX: 02 6452 4938
EMAIL: allan@coomamusic.com.au

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